Destiny

[bovine]

I was not very stoked about this game. I liked Bungie's Halos, so I trusted them to make a solid product and the amount of money that was spent on this game made it sound like it was going to be a pretty safe bet. I just felt like it was going to be another Borderlands and I feel like I'm okay with that.

But then they opened up the beta to all, and I am now pretty excited for this game to come out.

Has anyone dipped a toe in on this yet?

[Shrinweck]

Looks like another Call of Duty clone except with a sci-fi powers gimmick. If you aren't sick of them yet, it's probably fun. But, yeah, seems like a re-skinned CoD/Halo game.

[Eric]

Looks like another Call of Duty clone

no

[Shrinweck]

So... what, there's double jumping? :P

[Eric]

Call of Duty at it's core is basically an arcade style shooter that's fast paced and can pass the time fairly quickly with match after match, each iteration adds maps and also attempts weapon balance and perk balance, etc etc.

Destiny is closer to Borderlands with a few MMO aspects to it, PvE is a pretty big focus, and of course arena is also a thing, but the big difference is the classes play differently and have their own strengths and weaknesses, to call it a Call of Duty clone is a bit disingenuous when it's only similarity is that they're both shooters.

[bovine]

Some final thoughts on the beta after it has closed -

I enjoyed the singleplayer/PvE elements quite a bit. I liked how the game felt, the levelling up of weapons and your character's skill tree, the use of singleplayer vehicles, and the coop mission on display was pretty cool. I found that one of the larger enemies in the coop section took WAY too much damage (but maybe I was doing it badly? I'm not sure). The graphical fidelity really drew me in. I'm not sure if the story will be any good, but I was engrossed in ODST and Reach's stories, so maybe this will be good too.

I wasn't very impressed by the competitive multiplayer. It just felt like Halo with running, but you stuck with your character class and weapon loudout. It seemed serviceable, but it's not the sort of thing that I will be sinking any time into. I was really impressed by the initial offering of Titanfall. Its fast paced combat and traversal, titans, and pretty neat set of modes still has it as the game I go to when I want so shoot fools over the internet. The first DLC pack was really lackluster. Comparing it to BF4's 4 maps and a new mode (Titanfall just gets 3 new maps and no other improvements), there is very little content here. What is the point of playing a tiny set of maps with a very small minority of the players that have paid for them? I think, as a first entry into the series - these maps should have either been significantly cheaper or free.

I wonder what Destiny will have as content updates? There is an actual focused story here, so will it be more of that? Or will it just be more multiplayer maps? Borderlands did a very good job at releasing a lot of post-release story driven content, so is that the model for these types of games?

Anyways, I agree with Eric that it is not a CoD clone. The multiplayer is a bit Halo-like, but if you liked the model that borderlands was presenting, but wanted something a bit more like an MMO (players just out there in the zone doing their thing with you - there for help or there to group with at world events) the beta displayed this as something very much like that. It was cool and I liked it.

[kali o.]

I had zero interest in this game...I was bored and downloaded the beta. I have to admit...I was impressed. I may actually pick Destiny up...if they aren't greedy douchebags with dlc/mts/etc, it could be a great game.

Edit - I only tried PvE...reminded me of PS:O for some reason.

[bovine]

DESTINY!

This game comes out in less than two weeks. The new consoles have been seeing very lackluster support so far, so this is a game that I am getting my excitement and hopes up for. Is anyone on the board planning on picking this game up?

[Shrinweck]

I watched a stream of this and the guy was only doing arena stuff and it looked like every other futuristic multiplayer shooter I've ever played even with the powers involved. The Borderlands stuff seemed right out of Borderlands word for word, so to speak, in some cases. I guess since the game is getting a good reception it's an homage rather than theft.

The PvE stuff still sounds interesting, maybe I'll play it in four years when Bungie gets around to porting it. The graphics are nice... for a console game ;)

[Eric]

Using an old name for Destiny if any of you are playing. BlackageX ;p

[bovine]

Using an old name for Destiny if any of you are playing. BlackageX ;p

PS4?

[Eric]

Using an old name for Destiny if any of you are playing. BlackageX ;p

PS4?

Yes sir!

[bovine]

Using an old name for Destiny if any of you are playing. BlackageX ;p

PS4?

Yes sir!

Let me know how you feel about the game. I am playing it on xbox one.

[Shrinweck]

I watched two people legitimately argue whether this game was a PS4 exclusive or not. So sad yet so funny.

[Eric]

I legitimately love Remote Play, brought my PS4 to work and have been using my Vita like the Wii Tablet to play Destiny, which looks great(drop from 1080p to 720p, but the frame rate is the same because the console ver is only 30 FPS).